A severe winter storm is approaching the
area.
Substantial accumulations of freezing rain,
ice and snow are expected throughout the
state.
“When people wake up Thursday morning, it
will be mostly a rain event,” said Jenifer Bowen,

meteorologist at the Norman National Weather
Center. “That afternoon, it should quickly switch
over to freezing rain. Later, that should turn into
snow and sleet.”
Bowen said Norman should expect at least a
quarter inch of ice and two to six inches of snow.
Wind speeds are expected to be 25 to 30 miles
per hour, with winds gusting up to 40 miles per
hour, she said.
“Power outages are more or less a possibility,” Bowen said. “If there are any heavy ice accumulations on power lines when these winds
are blowing, power outages are likely.”

Bowen said different systems are coming together in the region that have caused the winter
weather.
“We have an upper-level system coming off
the coast of southern California, along with
arctic air dropping down from Canada,” Bowen
said.
She said in addition to those two weather
events, moisture from the Gulf of Mexico will
also enter the state.
Bowen said the ground is a little warm, but
the rain before the winter weather will help cool
down area roads.

“The freezing precipitation will accumulate
on any wet surfaces especially ground surfaces
like roads,” Bowen said. “If you are going to travel, be sure you are prepared and have the necessary supplies in your vehicle.”
Dianne Clay, OU Health Sciences Center
spokeswoman, issued a warning about the dangers of cold weather Wednesday.
“When temperatures dip below 40 degrees,
Oklahomans should pay attention to more than
snow forecasts and slippery streets to stay safe,”
Clay stated in a press release.
Clay stated ongoing research at the Health
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Dancers rehearse for the Young Choreographers Showcase on Tuesday evening in the Donald W. Reynolds Performing Arts Center. The performance starts Thursday evening. For a full preview of the event,
check Thursday's edition of The Daily and also OUDaily.com.

VOLUNTEERS GEAR UP FOR Norman Music Festival
LOCAL EXTREME MAKEOVER announces headliner
Thousands apply to help tear
down and rebuild a house in
the metro area
CAROLINE PERRYMAN
Daily Staff Writer

“Extreme Makeover! Extreme
Makeover!”
Those words were shouted by
an auditorium full of volunteers
at the Extreme Makeover: Home
Edition’s pep rally at 8 a.m. Tuesday
at Journey Church in Norman.
A B C ’s T V s h ow “ E x t re m e
Makeover: Home Edition” will
begin filming the rennovation of
their 178th house Feb. 1. Volunteers
will help tear down and rebuild a
house in the Norman-Oklahoma
City community in 106 hours.
Ideal Homes was the company
chosen to build the new house.
“This is a community effort,”
stated Todd Booze, Ideal Homes
president of construction, in a
press release. “In addition to the
home we build for a deserving
family, the entire metro area will
benefit through the food and blood
drives we are planning as part of
this extraordinary week ... We hope
that people from across the area
will answer our call for support.”

And people did answer the call.
In the first 24 hours, online volunteer sign-ups had more than
1,000 applications.
Booze stated the Ideal Homes
Web site was so overwhelmed they
had to temporarily shut it down.
When they reopened the Web site,
1,200 more applications were received within 48 hours.
Conrad Ricketts, E xtreme
Makeover executive producer,
spoke at the pep rally.
Ricketts said he not only wants
as many volunteers as possible,
but also wants people to show up
with cans of food and their sleeves
rolled up to donate blood.
“You can watch this show and
see the heart and soul of America,”
Ricketts said. “Oklahoma is a great
place to be. We couldn’t do what
we do without all the people who
stand up and make a difference.”
Hundreds of people attended the rally. Among them were
Oklahoma City Thunder cheerleaders and mascot, athletes, OU
ROTC members and many other
people from the community.
Andre Hechinger, criminology
sophomore, said there was a lot of
energy in the room.
Hechinger said he doesn’t regularly watch the TV show, but was
EXTREME CONTINUES ON PAGE 2

The 2010 Norman Music Festival
will be headlined by the indie band
Dirty Projectors.
Festival organizers announced
Monday on Oklahoma City radio
station 105.3 The Spy that once the
Norman Music Festival Facebook
page reached 3,000 fans, they would
announce the main stage headliner.

CONGRESS
RUSHES RULING

The goal was reached in 18 hours
and the announcement was made
just before noon Tuesday.
Dirty Projectors are a Brooklynbased band led by Dave Longstreth.
The band has released several critically-acclaimed albums, but this
year’s “Bitte Orca,” boosted by its
single “Stillness Is The Move,” has
the band seeing its first bit of commercial success.
Norman Music Festival is free to
the public and will be held April 24
and 25 in downtown Norman.
For more information, visit normanmusicfestival.com.

T h e
U O S A
Undergraduate Student
Congress voted in favor of
putting two disputed constitutional amendments
on the UOSA Spring 2010
General Election ballot
instead of holding a special election.
The Congress approved
the last-minute agenda
item concerning the UOSA
Superior Court’s hearing
on Monday, requiring an
election date on ballot the
amendments offered by
Oklahoma Students for a
Democratic Society to be
set.
Three members abstained from voting, while
another two members
voted “no.” thirty-one
members voted in favor of
the resolution to move the
amendments to the upcoming general election.
“We couldn’t work out
scheduling with [the UOSA
Graduate Student Senate]...
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we’ve spoken with
GSS leaders,
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agreed on
holding the
[ordered] election during the spring [general] election,” said UOSA Student Congress
Vice Chairman Matthew Gress.
Representative Shayna Daitch, humanities district, international securities studies
and Judeo studies junior, said the method of
the bill was “shady.” She also said there was a
“lack of transparency,” and that the passage
of the bill was “hasty.”
The UOSA Superior Court heard arguments Monday that the UOSA legislative
branch was too slow to act on the court’s
ruling last November, which ordered two
amendments that could dramatically reshape the legislative branch to be put up to
a student vote.
Student Congress also voted 34-1 in favor
of appointing six members to committee

chair positions. The chair positions were
decided by the Congress’ presiding officers.
Gress said that the appointments were
“special legislation that bypasses the normal
processes.” For this reason, UOSA members
could not amend the legislation.
But one member stood alone in opposition to the appointments.
“Why write a piece of legislation and present it to the body if we cannot amend it?”
Daitch said.
Daitch voted against the appointments
after being denied the chance to ask questions to the new appointees.
“I was really disappointed that we
weren’t allowed to ask our chair applicants
questions,” Daitch said. “They were able to
stand up and talk about themselves, but we
weren’t able to ask them questions and I just
don’t feel right about that.”
The chair appointees introduced themselves and described their qualifications
and goals before the entire body that night.

Extreme
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TIMOTHY MEIER/THE DAILY

Norman High School cheerleaders lead the crowd at Journey
Church Tuesday morning as part of the Extreme Makeover: Home
Edition rally.

touched by all the good it has
done. He is planning to volunteer next week.
“It just seems that getting a
community to come together
to work together if one of their
members are down on their
luck or need helping out is an
awesome idea,” Hechinger
said. “It’s really uplifting to
see stuff like that because it’s
not something you see very
often, especially today.”

MOVE THAT BUS!
The house reveal and “move that bus” day will
be Feb. 7.
A Facebook group has been set up to help with
the canned food drive.

Web site
For more information go to http:// www.idealextremehome.com.

CITY COUNCIL APPROVES PARK IMPROVEMENTS, SIDEWALKS
The Norman City Council approved ballots Tuesday to improve Reeves Park for the Medieval
Fair and allow additional sidewalks to be added to the Porter Avenue construction project.
The city council agenda stated the park has needed renovations and electrical work since the
Medieval Fair moved to Reeves Park from the OU Duck Pond six years ago. The fair will pay for the
costs of restorations, which Oklahoma Gas and Electric Company estimates to be $8,723.
The city council also approved a $14,575 contract increase in the Porter Avenue construction
project. These extra funds will go toward adding sidewalks to Woodcrest Drive and Rock Creek
Road.
The city council honored City of Norman employees with more than 25 years of service to the
city. Each recipient was given an award and recognized by the council.
“I really enjoy this evening every year,” said Carol Dillingham, Ward 4 Councilwoman. “We are
honoring city employees that most of us never see. We don’t get to know their names, we have
no idea what they like to do, whether they have children or grandchildren, ride motorcycles,
paint, cook, whatever. It’s such a wonderful opportunity to see the folks that have been with one
employer for 25 years. That’s a long time. We must be doing something right here.”
The city council also officially declared February 2010 Black History Month in the City of
Norman.
Casey Parvin/The Daily

Weather

Sciences
Center has
shown that
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below 40 degrees, the body responds by constricting blood vessels to conserve heat in as
quickly as 10 minutes after you go outside.
“Your body senses cold temperatures and
sends a message to your brain, which responds
by shrinking blood vessels. This is very dangerous for people with hypertension and heart diseases. It can make the conditions more severe,”
stated Zhongjie Sun, blood pressure expert at

the OU College of Medicine. “Exposing any part
of your body to cold temperatures is enough to
send your blood pressure up. It’s very difficult
to completely avoid the effects of cold weather,
but you should minimize exposure.”

WHAT YOU CAN DO
-Stay indoors
-Wear layers (a single layer, no matter how thick, doesn’t
work)
-Wear a hat
-Wear gloves
-Do not make sudden strong exertions if you have known

Various campus buildings received energy-efficient upgrades
under a performance-based
contract with Johnson Controls,
said a spokeswoman for the OU
Physical Plant.
The upgrades have been in place
for more than a year and will continue into this semester, said plant
spokeswoman Amanda Hearn.
“When that process is complete, we expect to see an annual

reduction in energy use equivalent to 415 single-family homes,”
Hearn said.
In addition, the university installed hand dryers in the bathrooms in Dale Hall as a pilot test.
The hand dryers were suggested
during a Faculty Senate meeting
as a more environmentally sustainable option to paper towels,
she said.
Hearn said OU will survey
students to find out if they prefer
the dryers.
Alex Patton, University College
freshmen, said she prefers the hand
dryers in the Dale Hall bathroom to
paper towels.
“It’s more environmentally
friendly,” she said. “And it’s less
stuff you actually have to touch in

the bathroom, too.”
Hearn said once the survey is
complete, the results will be examined and recommendations
will be made.
This semester, the university
also will continue working on
water conservation and heating
as well as ventilation and air conditioning projects to improve the
environmental sustainability of the
campus, she said.
Hearn said the university is
participating in RecycleMania, a
national recycling competition
among universities which began
this week.
“We will be measuring all paper,
plastic, aluminum and cardboard
that the campus recycles during
the remaining nine weeks of the

Entering students may face increased fees
Incoming students may have to pay an additional $13 per credit hour if the OU Board of
Regents approves a fee at its upcoming meeting.
Students entering OU at either the Norman campus or the College of Law could face a new
Academic Excellence fee.
If approved, the money would go toward hiring and retaining faculty and also renovating
and updating classrooms, according to the agenda.
The regents also will consider a “modification” of the current Academic Excellence fee assessed to students who came to OU in the fall 2008 and 2009 semesters, though the meeting
agenda does not specify what that modification will entail.
Students in aviation courses or courses at the OU Health Sciences Center could face
new fees as well.
The regents also will consider the elimination or reduction of some class-specific fees.
This week’s regents meetings have been canceled and will be rescheduled at a later date.
-Charles Ward/The Daily

CAMPUS EVENTS

TODAY
CHRISTIANS ON CAMPUS
Christians on Campus will hold a Bible study from 12:30 to 1:15 p.m.
in the Traditions Room of the Oklahoma Memorial Union.
CAMPUS CRUSADE FOR CHRIST
Campus Crusade for Christ will meet from 9 to 10 p.m. in the Santee
Lounge on the fifth floor of the Oklahoma Memorial Stadium.

THURSDAY
No events scheduled.
Note: To post a campus event to be published in The Daily, click on the “Submit Event” tab underneath
the calendar on OUDaily.com. All event postings are subject to approval of The Daily Editorial Board.

competition,” she said. During
last year’s RecycleMania, the university recycled 14.2 pounds per
person. Hearn said the university’s goal for this year is to recycle
18 pounds per person.
Last semester, the university also organized a program
called the Crimson and Green
Commitment, in which OU challenged students, faculty and staff
to commit to making environmentally-conscious decisions.
For every commitment made,
the university puts $2 toward its
recycling program. The university received 1,500 commitments,
she said.
“So approximately $3,000 will go
towards the recycling program this
semester,” she said.

Hearn said there are many things
students can choose to do to make
the university more environmentally sustainable such as recycling
plastic bottles, turning off lights
when leaving a room, unplugging
electric devices and appliances
when they are not in use and using
public transportation.
“The thing about sustainably is
that it’s a personal choice,” she said.
“So it’s up to the student to make
that choice.”
Trevin Ray, health and exercise
science junior, said OU does a great
deal to aid students in being environmentally conscious.
“They put out plenty of places
where students can recycle if
they’re willing to do it,” he said.

In response to Michael Pilcher’s
column on authority and China’s
authoritarian rule.
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With the population of the world approaching 7 Billion, and growing at an exponential rate, limiting families to one child would
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OUR VIEW

We must remember we are a nation at war
Today the president will talk about a lot of issues. We’ll
hear about the economy, health care and maybe some
bailouts. But what should also be a major issue in the
State of the Union is the fact we still have tens of thousands of American soldiers fighting wars in Afghanistan
and Iraq.
We can’t entirely fault the president for potentially forgetting about the wars.
As Americans, we also seem to have forgotten about
them; we’re too busy worrying about Haiti, the economy
and health care to remember our wars.

These are worthy issues, but they aren’t the only ones.
And as a nation, we have to remember the fact that we
are at war.
Iraq is doubly forgotten as we’re shifting our focus from
Iraq to Afghanistan.
Our military can concentrate on more than one place
— we should be able to do the same.
Whether or not you believe in the wars we’re fighting
— or war in general — you cannot hold but the highest
respect for our servicemen.
These are people who are willing to leave their families

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and risk their lives for our benefit. It’s difficult to treat that
with anything but the highest respect.
In much of Afghanistan, American soldiers are braving
weather conditions similar to what we’ll soon be experiencing with the coming storm; but worse, they are also
having to dodge bullets.
Yet somehow these two wars and our soldiers will receive little attention.
Let’s hope our commander in chief remembers the
servicemen under his command; and if he doesn’t let’s
remember our brave soldiers.
Schuyler Crabtree is a public relations Senior.

STAFF COLUMN

STAFF COLUMN

Poor students should automatically
be exempt from dorm requirements

From disaster to devastation:
Asking the right questions

Oklahoma State Regent policy requires all
single freshmen students under the age of 20
live in OU’s residence halls.
Requiring students to live in the dorms
for their first year is supposed to ease this
difficult transition. Students
who live on campus do not
have to contend with driving
to school every day. They do
not have to manage monthly
bills or groceries. They are in
a secure building with their
roommates chosen for them
and an RA to talk to about any
of their problems. With their MATT
lives made easier and free of
BRUENIG
responsibilities students can
focus on academic success.
This sounds good until you consider how
expensive living in the residence halls really is. The cheapest housing option is a Cate
Center double which, combined with the
mandatory meal plan, costs $6,900 for eight
months - $860 per month. In Norman, there
are apartment complexes which offer rooms
with all utilities included for $315 dollars a
month and one can live on $200 of groceries
per month. So the dorms cost students $350
more per month than equivalent housing
and food in Norman - $2,800 more for the
eight months.
The business leaders, doctors, bankers
and attorneys who make up the Oklahoma
Board of Regents may not see the problem
with this. If you have the money to easily afford it, perhaps $2800 is worth the benefits
provided by living in the dorms. However,
poor students from poor families do not.
This flat rate for living in the dorms has a
large impact on poor students who necessarily have a lower ability to pay. The additional $2,800 students are forced to pay for a
coddling service can cause a poor student to
go into debt, require them to take on more
hours at a job or maybe even prevent him or
her from being able to afford to attend school
at OU.
Poor students should be exempt from the
housing rule because of this disproportionate burden it puts on them.
How can we determine which students
are poor and therefore exempt? The simplest
way is with Pell Grants. If a student receives a
Pell Grant from the federal government, they

What the hell happened in Haiti; and
more importantly, why? The answer is simply a major earthquake struck quite near the
Haitian capital, killing tens, if not hundreds
of thousands of Haitian citizens. But the
International Monetary Fund and World
Bank’s loans are the reasons that Haiti is so
ill-equipped to deal with the aftermath. Immediate aid is of course
necessary; however, the root of the
tragedy lies in the why question.
The best way to help Haiti now
is through working with local relief efforts and donating money to
organizations such as Partners in
Health. It’s an organization with
true Haitian causes at heart. They JOHN
have been dedicated to bringing BEST
health care, education and the
eradication of poverty to Haiti.
Medecins San Frontieres, or Doctors Without
Borders, is another group that has had great
history in helping Haiti and is doing an effective job of providing immediate relief.
Haiti is no anomaly. What happened to
New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina and
why? What happened in central China during the spring of 2008, and why were so many
parents of the schoolchildren incredibly outraged? Systematic failures and inequalities
within each of these nations have allowed
such natural disasters to become devastation. The levees in New Orleans failed because they were designed incorrectly. The
schools collapsed in China because contractors cut corners when building to pad their
pockets.
Haiti is, by most standards, the poorest
nation in both North and South America.
Eighty percent of its population lives in poverty. Haiti’s debt to the United States is about
a fifth of its GDP. A country with such a high
level of financial debt does not have the
funds to construct buildings or build an infrastructure that would be prepared for such
a disaster as last Tuesday’s earthquake. Also,
any money Haiti does have for disaster relief
and prevention will go to preparing for hurricanes. With a vast majority of its citizens
living on only $2 a day, Haiti is in dire need of
aid to keep the country and its citizens alive.
This is an ever-present necessity. The largest donor of foreign aid to Haiti is the United
States. But it should be noted the U.S. cut off

have demonstrated a certain level of need.
Because the university already knows who
does and does not receive Pell Grants, implementing a policy which allows those who do
to get out of the housing requirement should
not be too difficult.
As rewarding as life in the dorms might
be, not wasting $2,800 when you are already poor is even more rewarding.
Housing & Food does allow people to
request exemptions on a case-by-case
basis, but does not have any set standards.
When I called the Housing & Food office
and asked about their exemption policy, I
was told that I would need to file a request
for an exemption which would require me
to make a case for my economic hardship
and could even require that my parents
produce a statement about their financial
situation; even then, there was no telling
whether it would be approved.
This is not an exemption program; this is
an obnoxious policy that does not allow students to predict whether they will actually
make it through the case-by-case exemption procedure. A legitimate program would
have set standards and actively inform those
who qualify about their ability to seek other
housing.
Continuing a policy that forces all freshmen students to live in the dorms regardless
of their ability to pay only adds another burden to the plight of poor people in Oklahoma.
They are funneled through worse schools,
have no access to costly supplementary education, live in rougher areas and experience
all the other difficulties and anxieties that go
along with being poor in the US. Then after
all of those burdens when a student makes
the grades and works to get into the OU, the
university tells them they can only attend if
they can come up with $2,800 on extremely
expensive housing.
Some might argue that all students should
have the ability to live off campus if they wish
to do so. I will not argue against those people.
However, regardless of where you stand on
that position, I think — at the very least — we
should all agree poor people should be able
to utilize the more reasonably priced housing in Norman.
Matt Bruenig is a philosophy junior.

all aid to Haiti from 2001 until 2004 for political reasons. We abandoned the Haitian poor
to punish the leaders of Haiti. These policies
help create conditions that turn disaster into
a catastrophe. Venezuela and Cuba are two
nations who have given massive amounts
of support to Haiti — without using aid as a
political muscle to be flexed against
Haiti as the International Monetary
Fund and World Bank have done.
Asking why allows us to discern
patterns from the chaos of disaster.
They give us the ability to predict,
adapt and prepare.
Why is Haiti, Latin America’s first
independent nation, in poverty unjustifiably worse than its neighbors?
Loans have crippled the nation since
its independence. First, the French
made Haiti pay for the freedom of
former slaves, a debt which was not fully paid
until after World War II. Haiti was forced by
other western powers to take more loans to
pay off past debts.
And now the great and powerful World
Bank and the fund have entered the picture.
Their one-sided policies grow GDP, but prevent infrastructural development, adequate
health care and make unionization near
impossible.
Haitian citizens whose lives were thrown
into turmoil by the earthquake are the same
people whose lives have been ruined by
World Bank and International Monetary
Fund policies. Just a few days ago, the fund
offered to loan Haiti $100 million for disaster
relief. A nice gesture? Not when one realizes
impoverished Haiti is still indebted to the
fund for $125 million. The money is given
on the fund’s goals, not Haitian realities.
Nothing new.
A long-term solution — the solution to
the why question — includes such efforts as
a cancellation of Haiti’s crippling debt and
intentional moves away from the fund and
World Bank style loans. These loans demand
that nations develop on the organizations’
terms. They do little good, but much harm.
As Haiti’s neighbors have shown, Latin
American countries can stand on their own
two feet when the crushing weight is lifted
from their shoulders.
John Best is a biochemistry and Asian studies senior.

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Wednesday, January 27, 2010

Sooner Sampler »

“Hear him say he’s actually going to do something and what’s actually up with health care.”
ADAM FALLON, PHYSICS SOPHOMORE

“About how he’s only been in office for one
year and needs time and that things are in
progress.”
JONAS CLARK, HEALTH AND EXERCISE SCIENCE JUNIOR

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PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA WILL GIVE HIS FIRST STATE OF THE
UNION ADDRESS TONIGHT. THE DAILY ASKED STUDENTS WHAT THEY
WOULD MOST LIKE TO HEAR THE PRESIDENT DISCUSS DURING HIS
STATE OF THE UNION ADDRESS.

“I really want to hear him talk about universal
health care and why we keep digging ourselves
further into debt.”
ARLAND KNOS, UNIVERSITY COLLEGE SOPHOMORE

“What he thinks he’s accomplished in his first
year, what he plans to do differently and if he
thinks the election of a republican senator in
Massachusetts will change society’s opinion.”
JOSIE WAGNER, PSYCHOLOGY FRESHMAN

“(I want to hear about} education and the war
in Iraq.”
ASHLEY HENDERSON, HEALTH AND EXERCISE SCIENCE
FRESHMAN

“A bipartisan compromise on health care and
plans to get it through because I will get kicked
off my parents’ (insurance) when I turn 25.”
KATY BENGE, CHEMISTRY FRESHMAN

LOCAL COMPUTER COMPANY TO GENERATE NEW JOBS
Initial positions not targeted at students but expansion
creates potential for future job opportunities
AUDREY HARRIS
Daily Staff Reporter

A Norman computer company’s expansion will create
about 75 new jobs, possibly opening doors for OU students
in the future.
Hitachi Computer Products will expand its facility by
more than 200,000 square feet, according to a Hitachi press
release.
Gary Riggs, Hitachi spokesman, said the expansion will
cost around $15 million.
According to the release, Hitachi cited the Norman
Economic Development Coalition and the State of Oklahoma
as major factors in the expansion. Hitachi stated its support
through the Oklahoma Economic Development Pooled

Finance Program made the project possible.
“[Hitachi] told us the potential the program had and we
were able to help them figure out how to do it using the
programs that were available in the state,” said Don Wood,
Norman Economic Development Coalition executive
director.
Wood said the majority of jobs created by the expansion
will be in warehouse distribution.
“There are college graduates working out of Hitachi in
different areas and there may be jobs in the future targeted
at college graduates,” Wood said. “I think the initial jobs
probably wouldn’t be college graduate jobs but there is a
potential that there will be some jobs in the future.”
Bette Scott, Career Services director, said Hitachi regularly
hires OU students — primarily computer science or
engineering majors.

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Hitachi’s president, George Wilson, was hired as a
graduating student from OU. The company also tries to hire
at least 3 interns in the technical field, Riggs said.
Danielle Sherwood, mechanical engineering senior,
said she has considered working for Hitachi. As a teacher’s
assistant for an engineering orientation class, Sherwood took
a group of freshmen to tour the company.
“The students absolutely loved it,” Sherwood stated in an
e-mail. “It gave them a greater insight to the real engineering
world and what possible majors would best suit them for this
field.”
Sherwood said she thinks Hitachi is on the list of potential
employers for every OU engineering student.
“I’ve definitely considered it but, unfortunately, my career
path is headed towards the oil and gas industry,” Sherwood
said.

Freshman guard Tommy Mason-Griffin (11) goes for the lay-up during the game against LouisianaMonroe on Nov. 17 in Norman.

Undergraduate
Research Day
2010

OU Honors
College

This is an annual event for undergraduate students to present their papers and creative works. Topics include the natural sciences, performance art, life sciences, business, engineering, social sciences, critical studies in ancient or modern literature,
and the humanities. Prose and poetry
submissions and other forms of creative activity are also encouraged.
Each participant will have a
10-15 minute period for presentation.

A Call For
Proposals

xWHEN? Saturday, March 27,
2010
xWHERE? OCCE Thurman J.
White Forum Building
1704 Asp Ave
xWHY PARTICIPATE?
3Gain valuable
experience while presenting
your work in a supportive
environment.
3Participate in research and
creative activity and build a
more competitive resume.
3Demonstrate your excellent
scholarship to OU’s
academic community.
3Win cash prizes! Prizes are
awarded to the best
presentations in various
categories.

Who Can Apply?

Deadline for
submission is
February 10, 2010

All undergraduate students at OU are eligible to
apply. Students who have received Undergraduate
Research Opportunity Program grants are required
to present at some time before they leave OU. You
need not be a member of the Honors College to
participate. Apply online at http://www.ou.edu/
honors/SRPD-application.html

Norman has not been a pleasant place for
the Iowa State Cyclones men’s basketball team
in the past, as they have lost six straight at the
Lloyd Noble Center.
Oklahoma (11-8, 2-3) may be coming off
two hard road losses, but the team takes on
an alternate personality at home, where they
have won 10 consecutive games and 29 of their
last 30.
Sophomore Willie Warren is scheduled
to return to the game after rolling his ankle
in practice last week, rendering him out for
Saturday’s loss at Texas Tech.
While he has fallen out of the National
Player of the Year watch-list, Warren continues
to appear in most NBA mock drafts’ top 10 lists
for this summer.
Houston-native freshman Tommy MasonGriffin continues to make a name for himself
in Norman.
In the past four games, Mason-Griffin has
played 162 out of a possible 165 minutes and
is averaging 17.3 points, 4.5 boards and 3.5
assists, not to mention shooting .500 percent
from the three-point arc.
History could be made against the Cyclones
if senior forward Tony Crocker can remain aggressive on the boards.
The long-time Sooner with 85 consecutive
starts needs just 10 rebounds to become the
second Sooner ever to record 1,000 points, 500
rebounds and 150 three-pointers in a career.
While Iowa State (12-7, 1-3) has struggled in
the past against OU, their powerful frontcourt
combo is one of the most potent in the Big 12
and can open up some opportunities to win.
Preseason All-American Craig Brackins and
senior Marquis Gilstrap lead the team, averaging a combined 31.1 points and 17.1 boards
per game. In Big 12 play this season, Gilstrap
himself is averaging a double-double with a

league-high 12.3 rebounds per contest.
Last season the two teams faced just once
in Ames, Iowa where the Sooners eventually
pulled out a victory in the second half after
being tied up at 33 at the half.
Warren had 29 points, 6 boards and 5 assists
in the contest, combining with Blake Griffin
for 52 of Oklahoma’s 78 points. Warren ended
up 9-for-18 from the field and 5-for-10 from
3-point range, while Griffin added a gamehigh 15 rebounds.
Tip off is scheduled for 8 p.m. at the Lloyd
Noble Center.

FAST FACTS
A TALE OF TWO CITIES
In their 11 wins, nine of which have been in
Norman, the Sooners are holding opponents
to .386 field goal and .307 3-point shooting.
However, in their eight losses, foes have shot
.488 from the field and .440 from behind the
arc. Junior Cade Davis averages 11.3 points in
wins, while just managing 4.1 in losses.
Crocker follows suit with 14.8 points and
eight rebounds in wins (excluding the Missouri
game, where he was limited in minutes due to
injury), while producing 10.6 points and six
boards in losses.

YOUTH OF THE SOONER NATION
Five hundred and fifty-eight of the team’s
1,410 points this season (40 percent) have
been produced from the freshmen-trio of Mason
Griffin (11.6 ppg), Tiny Gallon (10.9) and Steven
Pledger (6.9).
Mason-Griffin is currently fourth in the league
with his 4.6 assists per game and third with his
.442 percent from 3-point range, which would
be the highest of any Sooner freshmen in history
if he can maintain that mark.

Wednesday, January 27, 2010

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«

WOMEN’S BASKETBALL

OU NOT SLEEPING ON IOWA STATE
ANNELISE RUSSELL
Daily Staff Writer

struggled with as a team is turnovers, another thing head coach
Sherri Coale’s team will need to
OU women’s basketball is in improve.
Ames, Iowa tonight to battle with
Against Kansas, OU had only
one of the Big 12 north’s stron- eight turnovers, but against
gest programs, the Iowa State Missouri the Sooners totaled 23.
Cyclones.
Robinson attributed this imCyclones coach Bill Fennelly provement to better rhythm and
has built a strong program at Iowa an overall patience that prevents
State built around solid funda- careless turnovers.
mentals and strong
One thing the
shooters. OU junior
Sooners
can be
a n d p o i n t g u a r d “Ames is a hard place h a p p y a b o u t
Danielle Robinson to play because their
going into this
said she is fully aware
game is reboundsupport is so great.”
of these strengths.
ing. OU has been
“I definitely think
consistently outt h a t I o w a S t a t e SOONER JUNIOR GUARD
rebounding opshoots the ball from DANIELLE ROBINSON
ponents since the
the perimeter well,”
loss at Tennessee.
Robinson said.
“We just need
OU will have to
to keep reboundamp up their deing well and keep executing offenfense to put hands in the faces of sively,” Robinson said.
Cyclones shooters and contest
Numerous coaches have
shots.
touted the strength of the Big 12
“I think that we want to improve Conference this year, and just
defense and get stops,” Robinson playing good basketball is somesaid.
times not enough on the road.
Robinson said against the
“Ames is a hard place to play
Sooners last game at home against because their support is so great,”
Kansas, OU to often traded baskets Robinson said.
with the Jayhawks. Tonight, OU
OU will face the loud crowd of
will not have that luxury of giving the Cyclones at 7 p.m. in Hilton
Iowa State so many opportunities. Coliseum.
O ne of the things OU has

PLAYER TO WATCH
Junior Danielle Robinson is the leading scorer for
the Sooners this season, and is second is steals
for the season behind senior Amanda Thompson.
She also leads the team in assists with 99 on
the season and is shooting almost 50 percent
from the field.

AP PHOTO/THE OKLAHOMAN, STEVE SISNEY

Oklahoma’s Carlee Roethlisberger (10) is fouled on the way to the basket by Kansas’ Danielle McCray (4) in the second half of a women’s NCAA college basketball game on Saturday, Jan. 23 in Norman. Oklahoma won 81-69.

«

HOCKEY

Pombo’s shutout sets tone for sweep
DAN HAYS
Daily Staff Writer

Sophomore Goaltender Matt Pombo
says he can crush pucks with his teeth. He
did just that last weekend as OU swept a pair
of games at No. 10 Rhode Island.
Pombo chomped 49 pucks against RIU
and has made 188 saves (31.3/gm) in his last
six road starts, shutting out two ACHA top10 clubs along the way. Top-10 teams had
their way with OU on the road last semester.
Perhaps the Sooners are turning the corner.
“You always want to play well like that.”
Pombo said. “Once you start to get on a roll,
and you’re confident in the team, more importantly the team and the coaches are confident in you. We feed off of each other,”
New faces are also stepping up for OU.
Freshman forward Craig Martin continued
his hot streak with the first goal of Friday’s
game. Martin has four goals in OU’s last four
games; he only had two goals before catching fire.
“We’ve just been trying to simplify everything,” Martin said. “We just need to start
shooting more. That makes it easier for everybody else to score goals and get points.”
Junior forward Blake Johnson and freshman forward Chad Hudson each scored
their first goal of the year. Neither was with

OU for the first semester. Chris Perry, OU
Hockey Communications Director, bills
Hudson as the Sooners’ “new sniper”.
Only five home games remain of a grueling regular season. Out of 28 games played,
19 have come against teams in the ACHA
top 13. The four-game season series with
No. 5 Liberty still looms on the schedule
along with the second semester home-andhome with No. 13 Central Oklahoma.
Sophomore forward Brad McCabe scored
twice against RIU and is OU’s leading goal
scorer with 17. He says he is confident in the
team for the stretch run, playing their best
hockey at the right time. “We’re trying to
get a streak going, and win all (six) of these
against Liberty and UCO.”
Pombo says the team is all on the same
page, and really starting to gel.
“We’re all here to do one thing, and that’s
to win Nationals” Pombo said.
OU travels to Lynchburg, Va., to face
No. 5 Liberty College for a pair of games
this weekend. The Flames have a ton of
firepower, including four 20-goal scorers.
Freshman forward Brent Boschman leads
with 29 goals, followed by senior forward
Kyle Dodgeson, 24 goals. Liberty comes to
Oklahoma City for the Sooners’ final home
games Feb. 26 and 27.

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SEX, DRUGS AND CERTIFIED ADDICTION PRACTICIONERS
MTV and VH1’s Dr. Drew will address issues
relevant to students in a Q&A session tonight.

Chemical Dependency Program Treatment
Center at Las Encinas Hospital in Pasadena, Calif.,
a staff member at Huntington Memorial Hospital,
GEORGIA BASORE
private practitioner, and as if that doesn’t keep his
Daily Staff Writer
schedule booked, a clinical Professor of Psychiatry
at the University of Southern California School of
Sex. Drugs. Parents.
Medicine.
Three words that college students will contend
This is as real as it gets.
with during their university years. Luckily, Dr.
“We are pleased to invite him to speak in the
Drew Pinsky will speak at OU this evening to help
Union as part of our Campus
answer questions concerning
Activities Council Speaker
these ever-lingering topics.
Series,” said Matt Cox, head
Pinsky (also known as Dr.
of the CAC Speaker’s Bureau,
Drew) is a nationally recogwho helped bring the celebnized television and radio
rity doctor to Norman.
Who:
Dr.
Drew
Pinsky
personality. He is known for
When asked about the
What: Q&A session, 8 p.m.
his syndicated radio show
help Pinsky could provide,
Book signing, 9 p.m.
“Loveline” and has recently
Cox said, “we could probskyrocketed in popularity
Where: Oklahoma Memorial
ably use it.”
due to his increasing televiSophomore Ky Humble
Union’s
Molly
Shi
Boren
Ballroom
sion appearances.
said the most important
Pinsky has hosted sevtopic that Pinsky should diseral of his own advice and
cuss is the “health risks of
counseling shows including,
medications such as Adderall that is so promi“Celebrity Rehab with Dr. Drew,” “Sober House,” nent in colleges.”
“Strictly Dr. Drew” and the predictably titled
But here, far away from the land of California
spin-off shows “Strictly Sex with Dr. Drew” and celebrities, OU is an important destination for
“Sex Rehab with Dr. Drew.”
Pinsky, important enough for Pinsky to “tweet”
All of his Hollywood glitz and glamour is good Tuesday about his coming visit.
and well, but Pinsky has the credentials to back
So get ready to see the doctor tonight at the
up his advice.
Union. But don’t worry, there’s no shot with this
He is a board-certified doctor in addiction appointment.
medicine that practices well beyond the media
spotlight. He also is the service director of the
Dr. Drew will speak at 8 tonight at the Oklahoma
Memorial Union’s Molly Shi Boren Ballroom.

DR. DREW AT OU

KICK-ASS #8

The finale of what has been called the most
insanely written and drawn debunking of the superhero myth promises to start off with a bang. Hit-Girl
and Kick-Ass are stuck in a building full of mobsters
practically begging to be
murdered, and the duo both
have their personal vendettas against them.
Hit-Girl is avenging the
death of her father, Big
Daddy—if you were waiting
to watch the movie, sorry,
he dies—and Kick-Ass can’t
wait to get his hands on the
mobsters that tortured OSI
him, especially Red-Mist AKEN’OVA
for his betrayal.
For those yet to read “Kick-Ass” or see
the trailer for the movie that comes out in
April, it’s about a New York teenager that decides
to try out the superhero thing without any powers
whatsoever.
I would call this book a cautionary tale for any-

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one who has ever thought of becoming a superhero
because so far, the only thing our hero has felt consistently is pain. The violence in Kick-Ass might be a
tad too extreme to the point of self-parody but the
story of Kick-Ass — the most pathetic teenagers in
the mediums history — is what keeps me reading
it.
I don’t consider myself a masochist but I just
love to see Dave Lizewski’s Kick-Ass get tortured
for his naivety in each issue. The stuff writer Mark
Millar comes with is just gold. After the death of a
very pivotal character — not to mention a big secret
revealed — he leaves readers guessing who else’s
number is up.
If my meticulous dissection of the book isn’t
enough for you to start reading this series just
remember, it’s going to be a movie! You can be
the guy in the theater who complains about the
movie not being faithful to the source material, who
doesn’t like that?
All joking aside, this is a fun book that you should
be reading.
Osi Aken’Ova is a film and video studies senior.

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COMING TO A MARQUEE NEAR YOU

LARON CHAPMAN
Daily Staff Reporter

From sweeping science-fiction epics to visceral war dramas, the year 2009 yielded a plethora of films that could be
branded as certified aesthetic wonders.
However, as one masterful year of cinema concludes and

another commences, avid movie-goers establish a whole
new set of expectations for the year 2010. On first sight, the
list of films scheduled for this year may appear slightly underwhelming, with a heavy concentration of interminable
franchises.
Though, in all fairness, several of the films planned for
this year are sequels of “quality” films that actually warrant

audience anticipation. From robotic superheroes to dreamy
vampires, the year 2010 promises not to be void of entertainment, providing viewers with an adequate balance of the familiar and the beloved.
The following is a list of anticipated films that cannot be
missed, should be seen with apprehension or avoided all
together.

GO SEE
“ALICE IN
WONDERLAND”
(TIM BURTON)

“HARRY POTTER AND “IRON MAN 2”
“TRON LEGACY”
“SHUTTER ISLAND”
“TOY STORY 3”
THE DEATHLY HALLOWS” (JON FAVREAU)
(JOSEPH KOSINSKI)
(MARTIN SCORSESE)
(LEE UNKRICH)
(DAVID YATES)
Robert Downey Jr. is well into his If moviegoers’ craving for action Scorsese’s adaptation of Dennis In the third installment to one

The infamous duo (Johnny Depp
and Helena Bonham Carter)
reunites on the silver screen,
breathing new life into author
Lewis Carroll’s classic characters, the mysterious Mad Hatter
and the enraged Red Queen.
Those already enthralled by
the gothic whimsy of Burton’s
earlier films should prepare for
yet another trippy adventure
inspired by the cherished children’s novels.

Bloody Hell! After nine years,
we have finally reached the
last chapter of J.K. Rowling’s
engrossing children’s fantasy.
Well, almost. The last chapter,
split into two feature films, is
sure to pack a wallop as Harry
(Daniel Radcliffe) and friends
Ron and Hermione (Rupert Grint
and Emma Watson) prepare for
the final showdown with the
always menacing Lord Voldemort
(Ralph Fiennes).

Opening March 5

Nov. 19

prime as an actor, reprising his
role as motor-mouth billionaire
industrialist Tony Stark (a.k.a.
Iron Man). This time, Iron Man
has a bone to pick with angry
Oscar nominee Mickey Rourke,
embodying his Russian archnemesis Whiplash.
May 7

was not satisfied from all the
anticipated “Iron Man” sequel
promises, they are sure to be
intrigued by the follow-up to
Steven Lisberger’s groundbreaking 1982 sci-fi thriller “Tron.” This
year’s “Crazy Heart” Oscar hopeful Jeff Bridges returns as the brilliant video game designer Kevin
Flynn trapped in a cyber universe
alongside his tech-savvy son Sam
Flynn (Garrett Hedlund) for an
adventure to remember.

Lehane’s dark and twisted novel
about a sinister mental institution, isolated on Boston’s outer
harbor, is guaranteed to send
chills down the spines of even
the most hardcore horror buffs.
U.S. marshall Teddy Daniels
(Leonardo Dicaprio) embarks on
perilous investigation of the asylum to expose its buried secrets.

of Pixar’s crowning achievements, Woody (Tom Hanks),
Buzz Lightyear (Tim Allen) and
the rest of the Toys “R” Us gang
fear becoming obsolete as their
long time owner Andy heads off to
college. You can always count on
Pixar, as they never disappoint.
June 18

Feb. 19

Dec. 17

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MAYBE

SKIP IT

“A NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET”
(SAM BAYER)

“SHREK FOREVER AFTER”
(MIKE MITCHELL)

“SEX AND THE CITY 2”
(MICHAEL PATRICK KING)

“THE TWILIGHT SAGA: ECLIPSE”
(DAVID SLADE)

In what promises to be the best of the 48 (ok,
so there are not that many) installments in this
classic horror franchise, Jackie Earle Hayley
(Watchmen) replaces once-faithful Robert
Englund as the iconic horror menace Freddy
Krueger. Now, Haley can suit up in Freddy’s
tattered Christmas sweater, grimy fedora,
and rusted razor claws, but can he outmatch
Englund’s eerie genius? It may be worth a trip
to the multiplex to find out.

The previous two entries in the uninspiring “Shrek”
series lacked the relentless comic energy of the
ingenious first film. Audiences can only hope that
Shrek (Mike Myers), Donkey (Eddie Murphy) and
Princess Fiona (Cameron Diaz) provide enough
charm and wit, complete with cheeky pop-culture
references, to make this fourth and final escapade a trip worth taking.

Carrie (Sarah Jessica Parker), Charlotte (Kristin
Davis), Samantha (Kim Cattrall) and Miranda
(Cynthia Nixon) are back for another titillating
exercise in fashion, romance and unabashed
superficiality. While the film’s 2008 predecessor
garnered a few laughs, the show’s irreverent wit
and edge is rapidly losing steam. The fabulous
foursome has endured their fair share of midlife crises and it is time they return home to the
Big Apple while they still have some dignity.

The nightmarish allure present in the original
“Twilight” was left for dead in the lackluster “New
Moon” sequel. Who will the love-struck Bella
Swan (Kirsten Stewart) choose as her hunky
supernatural lover? This is a question on literally no one’s mind, considering the cult following
of book series. Those who choose to avoid the
third installment will be of a small minority. But
let’s face it — it is not author Stephenie Meyer’s
romantic narrative that has been sizzling on the
big screen (i.e. Edward and Jacob). With cheap
appeal like that, viewers are better off picking up
this month’s issue of Cosmopolitan.

May 21

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June 30

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AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb.
19) -- Owing to a twinge of
jealously, it might be difficult
for you to give deserved praise
to someone with whom youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re
closely involved. Donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t be petty.
PISCES (Feb. 20-March 20)
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Wednesday, January 27, 2010

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KICKIN’ IT WITH LUKE SKYWALKER
There’s no film series that’s as popular as “Star Wars.”
Not just the originals from the ’70s but even the abysmal
Episodes I, II and III. “Star Wars” isn’t just famous because
of the movies, but also because its merchandising capabilities. There is a “Star Wars” everything: clothing, watches,
toys, video games, furniture and the list goes on. As with
all things that are too familiar, “Star Wars”
merchandising has been stale and monotonous as of late.
Introduced late November last year are
“Star Wars” shoes. I don’t mean the plastic looking things had when you were in
kindergarten that lit up, I’m talking about
official adidas “Star Wars” shoes.
According to the official “Star Wars”
website, these shoes are just from the
OSI
first season of a bigger collection and the
AKEN’OVA
shoes collection will be divided into three
packs; the Character pack, the Vehicles
pack and the Direct pack. The Vehicle pack as its name
suggests, features shoes that are inspired by the vehicles
in the original “Star Wars” films. While the Character and
Direct pack will feature shoes and apparel influenced by
important characters in the original film.
In the vehicle pack, there’s a Stan Smith Millennium
Falcon tennis shoe, a Nizza Hi Hi-Top Tie fighter, a Super
Star Death star, a Forum Mid AT-AT and a Samba X-Wing.
In both the character and direct packs, adidas has
Skywalker Hi-tops, Princess Leia Game Mid, Superskate
Mid Stormtroopers, and ZX 8000 Darth Vader, ZX 700 Boat
Yodas and the Micropacer.
These shoes aren’t just normal adidas shoes with a “Star
Wars” logo slapped on them, they feature key characteristics about the they represent.
For example, the Nizza Hi-Top Tie Fighters are black and
grey with the Tie Fighter wing design that stretches from the
back of the shoe to it’s mid-point. While the ZX 700 Yodas
not only feature the color scheme of his outfit but also have
that rugged look that mirrors his shabby appearance.
Although I love all the shoes in the collection, my
personal favorites are the Skywalker Hi-Tops and the

PHOTO PROVIDED

A glimpse of the limited-edition Star Wars sneakers that were released in December.
Micropacers. The Skywalker Hi-Tops are designed like the
Rebel Flight Suit Luke donned in the original, complete
with the overpowering orange color scheme. It’s hard to
find a pair of Hi-Tops that I look good in, but these are just
calling out to me.
Star Wars purists need not worry about their kicks
screaming “Star Wars nerd” because the designs range
from very subtle to painfully obvious. So if you are worried
about being spotted, just get a pair that suits your interest.
The prices range of the shoes is pretty realistic for limited edition sneakers, the shoes range from $80 to $150-not
including the Micropacers which shouldn’t bother true
“Star Wars” fans. As expected, most of the shoes are sold
out on the official adidas Web site, ever since the shoes we
are available to pre-order in late December. It hasn’t been

clear whether adidas is planning on restocking the shoes,
but I wouldn’t advise anyone to get them on ebay unless
they are willing to part with a few hundred dollars. I must
admit, I’m tempted to bid on those Skywalkers anytime I
find myself on the site.
It’s safe to say that adidas “Star Wars” line is the most
genius thing the company has come up with in a long time.
Not only do they put time and effort into these shoes, but
also they respect both fans of the films and tennis shoe
aficionados alike leaving us with a product that might
make up for the last “Star Wars” films. That’s right, it’s been
more than a decade and I’m still calling out “The Phantom
Menace.”
Osi Aken’Ova is a film and video studies senior.

Should you ever crash diet after a holiday food splurge?
If you’ve been to the gym in the last week,
you’ve seen it. There are crowds of people flooding the facilities; all
hot and
bothered
because
they ate
(or drank)
t o o mu c h
over winter
break.
A n d I’ l l
bet all the
money in the
GEORGIA
western hemiBASORE
sphere that if
t h e i r e x e rc i s e
pattern is becoming a little more extreme, then their eating
habits are falling into a similar pattern. In
fact, many of these accused gym members

are participating in “crash diets” to defeat
those post-pumpkin pie blues. And regrettably, these dieters may be
biting off a lot more than
they can chew.
Crash dieting is defined
as drastically lowering caloric
intake. According to Sarah
C. Couch, an associate professor from the University of
Cincinnati, seriously lowering
calories can severely keep our
bodies from burning unwanted
fat.
The human body is a pretty
smart cookie, and if it doesn’t get
what it needs, it will adapt. Couch explains that the body goes into a starvation mode when it consumes less than a certain number of calories. The body protects
ugly fat stores and eats lean muscle tissue to

become more efficient at storing energy.
This process leads to the greatest hot bod
enemy: loss of muscle. Gradudate student
Dillon Beake, who holds a degree in kinesiology from San Diego State University, explains
that metabolic rate is the speed at which the
body burn calories. Part of your metabolic
rate is directly correlated to your amount of
muscle mass. The less muscle mass stored
yields fewer calories burned. This is quite
helpful in famine, yet horrible in the age of

readily available big macs.
Will eating nothing but grilled chicken
breast or cabbage soup for the rest of your
days really end all your dietary qualms?
Unfortunately, the answer is no. In reality
these habits can have the opposite effect. It
is imperative to keep a nutritionally balanced
diet.
Trust me, I’m a doctor.
Georgia Basore is a communication junior

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